Renovating in a beautiful city like Canberra is always rewarding but can also have its challenges. Many of the city’s homes were built before 1979 and although they have good ‘bones’, they just aren’t up to 21st century standards. With the...

We’ve had a great start to our 2016 creative year with four new prizes awarded to our studio. Houzz.com.au, the world’s largest online community about architecture, interior design, and home improvement awarded Architecture Republic with two of it’s...

You don’t need a super-fantastic-amazing funny-looking low energy house to cut down your home energy use if you know what you’re looking for. Not every house in suburbia is a low energy house. You have probably noticed it yourself. Some homes are just naturally bright...

An ‘earthship‘ is a type of house that exists on the delicious, lunatic-fringe end of the green building world. Earthships in Australia are quite rare; the original prototypes built by Michael Reynolds are in New Mexico, USA. They are heavy stone-clad tyre structures...

Extending and modifying houses is nothing new. Throughout history, the way people live in their homes has been constantly changing. The invention of gas and electric cooking, for example, meant that the kitchen was no longer a fire risk and could be built inside...